Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 2 | At the house of the Chief Scribe , Reni 's major domo was waiting at the gate to meet them . |
| 3 | At a thanksgiving service her second in command was writing at the top of the steps for one of the leaders to arrive . |
| 4 | David Robson QC , defending , said Lee was a ‘ decent , caring , sensitive ’ girl whose mind was disturbed at the time . |
| 5 | Pion was staring at the sky . |
| 6 | Local press also attended the event , organising a number of group photographs before tea was served at the end of the formalities . |
| 7 | The quiz was held at the end of the meeting . |
| 8 | Sullom Voe 's major tank maintenance programme was completed at the beginning of last month . |
| 9 | Surprisingly perhaps , this programme was initiated at the suggestion of the local Ford affiliate ( Baumann and Moreira , 1987 : p. 2 ) . |
| 10 | An active member of the police Superintendents Association , Mr McLean says that at a recent meeting disgust was expressed at the Met 's failure to hit back at criticism of this kind — such as the comment by Bernie Grant , MP for Tottenham , that the divisional chief in his constituency was ‘ incompetent . ’ |
| 11 | The next phase of the study was to look at the quality of these ponds in terms of the numbers of species of animals and plants they support , the water chemistry and the surrounding land use of each pond or loch . |
| 12 | Oh it was a horse-drawn , horse-drawn , there were no cars on the road in those days , I think I was one of the earliest to get knocked down by a car actually in Walsall , I was er , when we lived in Street he came down Street and immediately opposite there was a Co-op shop opposite Birds the fruitiers , and mother sent me down to the Co-op and the old trams used to run along the Pleck to Darlaston , Wednesbury and that way on and I ran across the road , past the Co-op the tram and a car must have just bumped into me and he knocked me down , a terrible commotion amongst the folks and could n't have hurt them much , because I got up and ran off , ran off home , so they were restricted in you see and the speed they could go in the car , but the car , the tram car was stopped at the bottom of Street , almost opposite the Co-op and er I must have just run across the road run into the car and more or less bounced off it I should think . |
| 13 | A big red Italian car was parked at the kerb . |
| 14 | A beautiful metallic green sports car was parked at the kerb . |
| 15 | Her car was parked at the side of the store , and she would have to walk through three or four departments before she could reach the outside door . |
| 16 | The vote was made at the request of Mitsotakis after he dismissed Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and assumed the post himself on April 13 . |
| 17 | The tape was broken at the tunnel 's exit by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in green with GWR-type plates and name . |
| 18 | A showroom was opened at the east end of Westminster bridge . |
| 19 | Erm I wo n't dwell on York city centre and its historic core because you 're all clearly aware of that , but it its setting was accepted at the greenbelt enquiry as being sufficiently important to warrant protection wider than just its physical , existing physical limits , erm the special protection was accorded also to the the special character rather was accorded also to the surrounding countryside , much of which is very attractive , and many of the typical Yorkshire small villages and hamlets that surround the area as well , er and we 're clearly in a position in Greater York which is different from the position that arises in many other counties and many other districts within this county , we 're in a position of grave shortage of suitable , developable land , we 're in a position of high quality er character , and landscape , we 're in a position where York , in particular , has extremely good transportation links , to the Leeds Bradford conurbation , where we discuss at length over the last two days there are policies for urban regeneration , subject to regional planning guidance in that area erm and we 're in a position where quite clearly York is under pressure , a great deal of pressure from migrants , er because it 's a it 's an attractive location to live . |
| 20 | Leyland 's own collection of oriental porcelain was dispersed at the time of his death and , apart from ten or so pieces , the shelves had remained empty until now . |
| 21 | The Board met to choose his successor and Dr. George Harvey Goldsmith was appointed at the age of thirty-two , and at a salary of £80 per annum . |
| 22 | The key was to act at the moment when conditions were most conducive to the course upon which de Gaulle had decided . |
| 23 | By the time morning came he was convinced he had been wide awake the whole night , though by that time he had remembered with the utmost clarity that the whole performance had taken place not in a television studio at all but in an enormous public lavatory , with Sir William and Lady Paice among the large crowd around the coffee table , and that his final humiliation was to discover at the end of the programme that he had been sitting on one of the lavatory seats throughout , with his trousers down around his ankles . |
| 24 | Fagan was standing at the door of the feedhouse when Nicandra approached him , as saucily as she was able , to demand handfuls of grain for her birds . |
| 25 | Chant was waiting at the perimeter , and fished the envelope containing the payment from his inside pocket . |
| 26 | Already his mouth was watering at the prospect of sinking his teeth into a thick slice of bread liberally spread with best butter and sprinkled with sugar from one of the big sacks standing in the corner . |
| 27 | The action was taken at the request of the company 's directors and in a statement dated April 30th Mr Dipankar Ghosh of the receivers Price Waterhouse commented that ‘ there is already strong interest in these businesses and early signs are very encouraging . |
| 28 | According to Curtis , strong action was taken at the group when it was needed , and this has now provided a ‘ springboard for growth ’ . |
| 29 | When the issue of employment action was discussed at the Community and Environment Committee in September , Councillor was clinging desperately to her history books . |
| 30 | As she moved , the fabric clung to her hips , and the skirt was slashed at the front from knee-level down , so that as she walked it gave a glimpse of her dark-stockinged legs . |